Internet Costs
Just started full timing and wife and I are being eaten up by the monthly costs of our internet service. I know not to use our service if wifi is available thru campgrounds but we are also reluctant t...
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Second Chance wrote:way2roll wrote:
Careful with "unlimited" data plans. The fine print usually says that beyond a certain amount of usage speeds are throttled down or costs occur. Their definition of unlimited means more about unlimited data sharing across all your lines - not truly unlimited consumption. Try hitting 10-15G a month and see if they don't slow your speed or hit you with overages. A plan you pick really depends on your data consumption. Are you streaming movies or just browsing and checking email? Does it makes sense to pay for an unlimited plan if you are only using a few gig/month? Verizon has the best nationwide coverage. We used to have a mifi jetpack and I think I was on their highest data usage plan. working remote I still usually stayed under, but we never streamed movies. In a few years we plan on full timing and I will still work remote, so I will face this challenge as well. For sure I would need unbridled and truly unlimited data. I expect I will pay dearly for it. I can tell you that CG wifi's rarely worked and when they did it was so slow it wasn't worth messing with. CG's won't let you stream on their wifi either, enough to check email is about it.
That is not the case with this plan - many discussion threads on this forum and over on Escapees.
Rob
Experts disagree. Took me about 30 seconds to find countless articles. Here's the first 3 that came up.
https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/Fact-A-Truly-Unlimited-Data-Plan-Doesnt-Exist
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/13/unlimited-data-plan-caps-verizon-att-tmobile-sprint.html
verizons-unlimited-data-plan-back-heres-compares-carriers
And even on VZ's own site they have all sorts of asterisks on the bullet points. Like video is only 480p, that's pretty low resolution - so no HD. Heck it's throttled from the get-go but again, it all depends on what you are doing. Read the fine print.
